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Hostile emotions in news comments: A cross-national analysis of Facebook discussions

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2020
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Humprecht, E., Hellmüller, L., & Lischka, J. A. (2020). Hostile emotions in news comments: A cross-national analysis of Facebook discussions. Social Media and Society, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120912481

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Recent work demonstrates that hostile emotions can contribute to a strong polarization of political discussion on social media. However, little is known regarding the extent to which media organizations and media systems trigger hostile emotions. We content-analyzed comments on Facebook pages from six news organizations (N=1,800) based in the United States and Germany. Our results indicate that German news organizations’ Facebook comments are more balanced, containing lower levels of hostile emotions. Such emotions are particularly pr

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  • Humprecht, Edda
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  • Hellmüller, Lea
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  • Lischka, Juliane A
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1

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12

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Keywords

hostile emotions, partisan hostility, political news, social media, user comments, comparative research

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English

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2020-03-20

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2020-04-01

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2056-3051

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Humprecht, E., Hellmüller, L., & Lischka, J. A. (2020). Hostile emotions in news comments: A cross-national analysis of Facebook discussions. Social Media and Society, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120912481

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